Bodhisattva Man was a remote corner of the remote Western Ox-He Continent, where Spiritual Energy had all but dried up. Perhaps for lack of Spiritual Power's nourishment, almost no cultivators were born here anymore. It also bordered the Endless Sea, a boundless ocean stretching beyond sight. Cultivators had once tried to explore the secrets beyond the Endless Sea, but none had ever returned.
Rumor had it that terrifying Demon Beasts a thousand feet long inhabited the Endless Sea, and a sweep of their tails raised thousand-foot waves.
There were also said to be towering treasure trees rooted upon the Endless Sea, bearing fruits of heavenly principle and the Dao. A single bite could turn a mortal into an Immortal.
Mortals naturally delighted in discussing such things, but to cultivators who had truly set foot on the path to immortality, the first rumor, though they had never witnessed it themselves, might hold some possibility. The second, about those supposed towering treasure trees, was pure nonsense.
If such a tree truly existed, the Eighteen Immortal Sects would not be fighting over Spirit Veins.
The heart of this world would not be Central Province, either, but the Western Ox-He Continent.
As cultivators, they understood all the better-there truly was no such good fortune under heaven.
Bodhisattva Man was also rather different from other parts of the Western Ox-He Continent. Perhaps because it was so remote, it had suffered relatively little warfare.
It still could not be called prosperous, but it was far better than the gray, sandy stretches of the Western Ox-He Continent left behind by cultivators' battles.
Being beside the sea also meant people could make a living catching fish.
Yet perhaps because it was so remote, it was also far removed from civilization. Most people here could not even speak the